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What's the point in that?
Scientists seem to do some pretty strange things at times. It is hard to imagine how many of their endevours could possibly ever bring any benefits to society. Is there any point in this kind of research? |
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Hope Springs Eternal!
A prayer for a sick child? You are faced with a situation that there is no known cure, not much research being done and consequently treatments and medical care are very expensive. |
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Great American Dumb Ideas: Prohibition
Americans can’t claim any special ability in thinking up dumb stuff. However, we do have a talent for carrying a dumb idea to the extreme.
In the beginning
When something bothers, ... |
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Somalia – Al Qaeda’s New Base – America’s Next War?
Somalia has long been the world’s centre of anarchy and Mogadishu the capital of mayhem. Awash with weapons for 16 years, it has existed without a central government and has been plagued by civil war between competing clan and sub-clans, warlords and jihadists.
In the medium to long-term, the invasion by Ethiopian forces looks set not to quell this phenomenon, but to eventually exacerbate it. There is a real danger that it will provide the incubus for the flourishing of al-Qaeda’s first solid base in Africa. |
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Najaf - now forwards towards an Iraqi revolution!
American and British flags burned and were trampled under foot by hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in Najaf last weekend. A crossroads has been reached from which this could be the spring board to a genuine revoutionary struggle against the US occupation and sectarianism. More of these actions are the only chance for Iraq to remain united and to drive out the occupiers as soon as possible. |
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"May I finish?"
George Bush was interviewed by the Irish Press, who he found so pushy and disrespectful that the Irish Consulate in Washington D.C. actually received a complaint from the White House.&n... |
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Solvent Abuse Deadlier than Ecstasy
Imagine a drug that can, potentially, be as dangerous as heroin and cocaine. Imagine that drug being legal. Now imagine that 10% of 14 to 18 year olds are, or have, misused this drug and that one-person dies every week in the United Kingdom alone due to the effects of abusing this drug. These are not street drugs, the average home has 30 kitchen and bathroom products that can be abused, and it is the very fact that all of these substances are legal and have legitimate uses that allows abuser to maintain that they are doing little wrong. Glue sniffing and solvent abuse therefore refers to the deliberate inhalation of volatile solvents. |
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Autoimmune Disease
Our immune systems are geared to fight invading organisms that could otherwise harm us. Bacteria, viruses and parasites are often dealt with in short order. Many organisms that could make us ill are destroyed by our immune systems before we even know they are attacking us. |
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